The long-run labour market consequences of teenage motherhood in Britain

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 323-343

  Chevalier, Arnaud ^a   Viitanen, Tarja K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Schooling decisions; Teenage pregnancy; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038542172     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480200125     Document Type: Review

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